Turquet de Mayerne as baroque physician : the art of medical portraiture / Brian Nance.

Author/creator Nance, Brian
Format Book
Publication InfoAmsterdam ; New York, NY : Rodopi, 2001.
Descriptionxiii, 237 pages : illustrations, portraits, facsimiles ; 29 cm.
Subjects

SeriesWellcome Institute series in the history of medicine
Clio medica, 0045-7183 ; 65
Wellcome Institute series in the history of medicine. ^A240634
Clio medica (Amsterdam, Netherlands) 65. ^A465700
Contents "The most difficult thing" -- A physician's life: a brief thematic biography -- Constructing the casebooks - The past: evaluating the patient -- The past: determining the patient's temperament -- The present: what is a disease? -- The present: Mayerne's diagnosis in social context -- The future: prognosis -- The future: therapeutics -- The death of prince Henry -- Mayerne as baroque physician -- Appendices: 1. A guide to the Ephemerides morborum -- 2. Entries by year and type.
General note"This book examines the consultations of Sir Theodore Turquet de Mayerne, a court physician to the early Stuart kings of England"--Pref.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. 207-223) and index.
Acquisitions source Laupus- Robert W. Cihak History of Medicine Collection
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